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• Apr 10, 2024.

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RLB UK has for the first time published a report that records its Environmental, Social and ...

• Apr 8, 2024.

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Cloud computing and AI technologies are driving demand for data centres, but growing construction ...

• Mar 14, 2024.

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UK plc’s productivity in general (and for the country’s construction “division” in ...

• Feb 27, 2024.

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The EMEA Hotels Monitor, is a collaborative report by Whitebridge Hospitality, RLB, and HOTSTATS, ...

• Feb 23, 2024.

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We have just released Q1 2024 of our Construction Market Intelligence Report which looks at market ...

• Feb 23, 2024.

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Reflections from Government Property 2024 The public sector can use its built assets to build ...

• Feb 12, 2024.

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Just published is the Q1 2024 edition of Construction Market Intelligence, RLB’s new digital ...

• Jan 30, 2024.

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Last year wasn’t the best of years to be a contractor. The last seven months of 2023 saw major ...

• Jan 15, 2024.

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According to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)’s Digitalisation in Construction ...

• Dec 13, 2023.

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Each year it feels like the world is getting faster – and we have the data to prove it.  It ...

• Dec 12, 2023.

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As Heraclitus said around 2,500 years ago: “The only constant in life is change.” Unfortunately,...

• Dec 11, 2023.

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Back in 2020, my colleague Matt Sharp, Chief Digital Officer for RLB UK, wrote an article for ...

• Dec 7, 2023.

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The race to achieve net zero remains a number one priority for housing providers, and a more complex...

• Dec 6, 2023.

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Claimed to be the biggest change in over 40 years, the new Building Safety Act came into force with ...

• Dec 4, 2023.

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Many of us in the built environment recognise and understand the importance of the Building ...

• Nov 29, 2023.

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I recently attended the Last Mile Logistics Conference, held at BAFTA in London, with the aim of ...

• Nov 29, 2023.

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Navigating changing market dynamics This is an abridged article that first appeared in Building ...

• Nov 20, 2023.

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Construction Market Intelligence is the new name – along with a new look and digital format – of...

• Nov 20, 2023.

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With the Party-political conference season all over, we have now all heard the promises from the ...

• Nov 18, 2023.

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With the countdown to meet decarbonisation targets still running, Lucia Glynn spoke to Schools Week ...

• Nov 7, 2023.

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The recent news that Wilko was going into administration came as no shock to those of us working ...

• Oct 23, 2023.

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With topics concerning education rarely out of the news of late, this year’s Education Estates ...

• Oct 20, 2023.

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The Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) can benefit schools and academies striving to balance ...

• Oct 18, 2023.

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Just over four years ago the UK became the first major economy in the world to legislate reaching ...

• Oct 17, 2023.

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The initial challenge for estate managers when the potential hazards linked to RAAC panels were ...

• Oct 17, 2023.

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What has become apparent, and many of us in our industry have known for a while, is that different ...

• Oct 17, 2023.

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There is a chain of events that estate managers can be all too familiar with. An emergency fix ...

• Oct 17, 2023.

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The last few weeks has seen RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) dominate not just the ...

• Oct 17, 2023.

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So, the Party Conference season is now over with Liverpool and Manchester returning to business as ...

• Oct 6, 2023.

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Matthew Brooker, National Head of Commercial, RLB UK I recently celebrated 34 years at RLB. This ...

• Oct 5, 2023.

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Reflections from the Building the Future Commission conference “How is the net zero agenda ...

• Sep 26, 2023.

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The autumn conference season is now officially off and running, with a wide range of conventions ...

• Sep 25, 2023.

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It was with my RLB Public & Civic sector hat on that I recently attended the Westminster ...

• Sep 11, 2023.

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Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) and UKREiiF joined forces during the annual UKREiiF event to encourage ...

• Sep 6, 2023.

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In our TPF Q3 2023 report, RLB provides a forecast of tender price uplifts for UK regions, for 2023 ...

• Sep 4, 2023.

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With the recent news that more than 100 schools and colleges are to partially or fully close ...